Word: froth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...soul. No celebration of any kind is complete without it. No matter upon what solemn occasion a Teuton enters, no matter how exalted the emotions which flood his soul or how abstruse the speculations which engage his thoughts, he must be sustained throughout by constant communion with his froth-crowned schooner...
...following men from '86 have been elected members of the H. P. C. H. W. Abbott, Atherton, Austin, Ayer, T. T. Baldwin, B. Beal, Bird, Bradford, Bradley, Bruner, Bullard, Burnett, Cary, Chase, Claflin, Cobb, Codman, Cook, D. H. Coolidge, Dewey, Dickey, Felton, Fiske, Frost Foote, Froth'gham, Frye, Gardner, Guild, Hamlin, Harris, Harrison, Houghton, Latham, Lincoln, Littauer, Longfellow, Lyman, McAllister, Mason, Moors, Mygatt, E. H. Nichols, Overton, Riddle, S. M. Scott, Slocum, C. W. Smith, F. B. Smith, W. L. Smith, Taylor, Timmins, Weld, G. Woodbury...
...attach any importance to their hair. None of the graces of a closely cropped crown or a long plait adorn American heads. The men cut off their hair in places called barber's shops, where three times a week they have their faces painted white with a mixture of froth and fire-water. I was curious to visit such a barber's shop, and what did I see? Three men were stretched out full-length and wrapped up in towels, with shut eyes, lying opposite a looking-glass. They probably wished to see how they looked when asleep. Some must...